“Hellraiser” is an oddball among horror franchises, starting with idiosyncratic gore-horror from the writings of Clive Barker, ranging into straight-to-video films where Pinhead (Doug Bradley
The early “Hellraiser” films feature a guy regenerating from the inside out, people being ripped apart by chains, a skinless woman emerging from a bloody
“Hellraiser: Revelations” (2011) is the worst “Hellraiser” movie, but among the most interesting to discuss. Because Dimension has a contract with the “Hellraiser” IP where
“Hellraiser: Hellworld” (2005) – the saga’s eighth film, third in a row from director Rick Bota and second consecutive film shot in Romania – is
The “Hellraiser” saga has a strange ability to tell the same story over and over but not in precisely the same way. For “Hellraiser: Deader”
The “Hellraiser” saga is more defined by its antagonists than its protagonists, but its original Final Girl – Ashley Laurence’s Kirsty – was a fan
The saga’s first straight-to-video entry, and fifth overall, “Hellraiser: Inferno” (2000) might appeal to casual “Hellraiser” fans more so than die-hards. In a respectable full-length
“Hellraiser: Bloodline” (1996), the saga’s fourth film, might be of interest to fans because it tells the complete backstory of the Puzzle Box. Then again,
In an era when the big horror franchises are in a constant state of reinvention, it makes sense that in the 11th “Hellraiser” film (Hulu),
“Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth” (1992) breathes more than the first two films. Rather than the claustrophobia of a single house (“Hellraiser”) or an unrelatable